The Washington Huskies men’s basketball schedule is losing another in-state game.
After news earlier in the week that Washington would not face Washington State in the regular season for the first time since 1917 - with the two schools instead set for an exhibition game - another familiar rivalry has now been pushed off the slate. According to Percy Allen of the Seattle Times, the Huskies also will not play Seattle University this season.
That leaves Washington without two of its in-state matchups, and the Seattle U omission carries extra weight because it cuts out an in-city rivalry that has been part of the program’s recent schedule every year since 2009.
The Huskies and Redhawks have had a stop-and-start history. The teams first met in 1953, then didn’t play again until 1969.
From there, the series ran annually from 1969 through 1980, with some seasons featuring more than one meeting. After another long break, the rivalry resumed in 2009 and has been played every season since.
Under head coach Danny Sprinkle, the teams have met twice, and Seattle U has won both. The Redhawks beat Washington 79-70 on Dec. 23, 2024, and followed that with a 70-66 win on Dec.
19, 2025. That marked the first time in the rivalry’s history that Seattle U had won consecutive games.
Washington still owns the overall edge, 35-6 in 41 all-time matchups.
The Huskies had to work out a new two-year agreement with Washington State to keep that series alive, but they were unable to come to terms with the Pullman school. The reporting on Seattle U did not say whether the same kind of issue was behind this cancellation.
Sprinkle’s tenure has now seen three in-state rivalry series disappear from the schedule, with Washington State, Seattle University and Gonzaga all no longer on the regular-season docket.
The broader trend isn’t unique to Washington. In the current realignment era, plenty of long-running in-state games have fallen away because they can become a bad tradeoff for Power Four programs. A win over a lower-level opponent doesn’t help rankings much, but a loss can do real damage.
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